Colton's 1872 Geography Primer with Excellent Endpaper Drawing of Two Ships art without intent good for filling

good for filling

) And the series of needlepoint borders show off more of its maker’s skills

43/4" t x 1 1/4" x 1 1/4"

To me its got a bit of a William Hawkins energy to it-- completely alive

Colton's 1872 Geography Primer with Excellent Endpaper Drawing of Two Ships art without intent good for fillingMy habit of opening old school books to check their endpages for drawings is a habit I think I will maintain until my dying day and it will always hold a sense of excitement for me. Even more exciting to open one and find a full page drawing there! (And one could draw some conclusions from them too in my experience, often the best are found in geography books, which seem particularly to have set young minds to imagine setting sail to distant lands and